Zeeshan Zahid05/31/2011Spch. 275Evaluation of one of America’s Top 100 SpeechesThe speech that I chose to evaluate was the 9/11 address to the nation, given by former President George W. Bush. The first thing that I noticed when listening to the speaker was the tone of voice. It sounded like a very sympathetic tone and one that people could find comfort in listening to. The speed of delivery by the President was quite slow. I notice that whenever a President gives a speech to a group of people, they are very slow in speaking and make sure that they

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Unformatted text preview: pause more often than usual. I did notice that President Bush used inclusive words. When talking about the victims of 9/11, he made sure that he stated victims as: business men, business women, mothers father and so on. His words use imagery and place a picture in the minds of the listeners. I liked how he used a bright beacon when talking about America. All in all, I thought that this was one of his better speeches. It was a speech that was aimed to relieve Americans after such a tragedy....
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